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Basque vs Romanian


Romanian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
France, Spain  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
alo  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Gabon  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Egun on  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Mesedez  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Barkatu  
scuze  

Bye
Agur  
La revedere  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
France  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
Română  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
basque  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Baskisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1521  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Romanian  

Language Position
30  
28
36  
33

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
rum  

ISO 639 3
eus  
ron  

ISO 639 6
eus  
ron  

Glottocode
basq1248  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Basque and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Romanian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Basque and Romanian Language History.

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Basque and Romanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Basque and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Romanian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Romanian Difficulty

The Basque vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Basque and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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